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  • Lawmakers threaten CARB over delay of corporate emissions reporting penalties (Politico)
  • SFMTA head Jeff Tumlin to step down (SF Chronicle)
  • Some cities will begin enforcing daylighting laws – don’t park near the crosswalk (Berkeleyside, SF Gate, Fox5 San Diego)
  • California’s e-bike incentives are coming (webinar with information next week) (CalBike, Cycling West)
  • Bike lanes are saving lives, so why are you complaining about them? (Boston Globe)
  • Torrey Pines Road in La Jolla to get a jolly new pedestrian crossing (San Diego Union Tribune)
  • Delays on approving SURF! project means less federal money is available for it (Monterey County NOW)
  • Lincoln Heights organized to protect its community, and the results are wider than just a delayed warehouse (CalMatters)
  • Video: Defining the urban-rural divide – it’s not geographic (CityNerd)
  • Martinez refinery settlement dollars will go to local environmental projects (Local News Matters)
  • CA Energy Commission approves $1.4 billion for electric vehicles, infrastructure (E+E Leader)
  • IRS: Carbon offset credits are income (Bloomberg Law)
  • Newsom orders special election to fill empty Senate (Fong), Assembly (Nguyen) seats (Sacramento Bee)
  • California’s Cap-and-Invest Crisis, Explained
    by Damien Newton
    August 11, 2026
    California’s budget was finalized in June, but the legislature can pass trailer bills to amend it until the end of August.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 11, 2026
    Another big link of stacks covering everything from yesterday’s presser to defend the coast to Fresno’s ballot measure fiasco, to gas stations in San Diego
  • It’s Trump Versus California, Again, Over State’s Rights to Protect Coast
    by Damien Newton
    August 10, 2026
    The Trump Administration keeps finding new ways to make Californians’ lives worse. Today it’s looking for new ways to pollute the coastline.
  • Call to Action: Transit Advocates Rally at State Capitol
    by The Editorial Team
    August 10, 2026
    Just say “not” to taking money from transit and giving it to the state’s biggest polluters
  • Study: Cities Must Integrate Vision Zero Principles into All Planning
    by The Editorial Team
    August 10, 2026
    It’s about reducing the severity of crashes and minimizing how often road users are placed in conflict in the first place
  • Monday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 10, 2026
    Trump Wants to Drill in our water, today’s a good day to tell him no and a ton of local news from up and down the state.
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